GM Pranesh M (CheQ Mumba Masters) beat GM Nihal Sarin (Fyers American Gambits) in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 (Preliminary Stage), in 40 moves.
8.Be3 was the move. Stockfish had the position as a small edge for White (+0.60) before it and a small edge for White (+0.70) after it, and it never swung back.
Can you see what Stockfish saw in it?
The ratings said otherwise: Pranesh M was 164 points lower. It began as the Sicilian Defense: Closed, Chameleon Variation.
Replay it move by move, then take the key position on against the engine.
- White
- GM Pranesh M, 2534 · CheQ Mumba Masters
- Black
- GM Nihal Sarin, 2698 · Fyers American Gambits
- Result
- 1–0 in 40 moves
- Opening
- Sicilian Defense: Closed, Chameleon Variation · B23
- Event
- Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026, Preliminary Stage · Bengaluru, India
- Key move: {0}
- 8.Be3